A Return To Normalcy?

The question on everyone’s mind: when will society revert to its pre-coronavirus existence, and is such a restoration remotely possible? Hoover senior fellows John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, and H. R. McMaster reflect on the various factors—economic policies, governments restoring civil liberties, nations working in tandem, the search for a COVID-19 vaccine—that will lead to the “new normal.”

Recorded April 14, 2020 2PM PT


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John H. Cochrane

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Sir Niall Ferguson

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H.R. McMaster

H.R. McMaster

Bill Whalen

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